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Hydrolysed vegetable protein on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Hydrolysed vegetable protein is a kind of plant protein. Some kinds of hydrolysed vegetable protein carry an allergen (soy and gluten). It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 9,854 products, most often in ready meals.
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Does hydrolysed vegetable protein contain an allergen?
It depends on the kind. Some kinds of hydrolysed vegetable protein carry an allergen: hydrolysed soy protein contains soy; hydrolyzed wheat protein contains gluten. A label must name the allergen, so check which kind it says.
Is hydrolysed vegetable protein vegan?
Yes. Hydrolysed vegetable protein is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does hydrolysed vegetable protein have on a label?
In English hydrolysed vegetable protein can also read “HVP” or “vegetable hydrolysed proteins”. On European labels it is “protéine végétale hydrolysée” in French, “hydrolysiertes Pflanzenprotein” in German and “Proteina vegetal hidrolizada” in Spanish. The other 10 languages are listed below.
- French
- protéine végétale hydrolysée, protéines végétales hydrolysées
- German
- hydrolysiertes Pflanzenprotein, aufgeschlossenes Pflanzeneiweiß
- Spanish
- Proteina vegetal hidrolizada, hidrolizado de proteína vegetal
- Italian
- Proteine vegetali idrolisse
- Dutch
- gehydroliseerde plantaardige eiwit, gehydroliseerd plantaardig eiwit
- Polish
- Hydrolizowane białko roślinne, hydrolizat białka roślinnego
- Swedish
- hydrolyserat vegetabiliskt protein, hydroliserat vegetabiliskt protein
- Danish
- hydrolyseret vegetabilsk protein, hydrolyseret vegetabllsk protein
- Norwegian
- hydrolysert vegetabilsk protein
- Finnish
- hydrolysoitu kasviproteiini, kasviproteiinihydrosylaatti
- Czech
- Hydrolyzované rostlinné bílkoviny
- Hungarian
- hidrolizált növényi fehérjék, hidolizált növényi fehérje
- Croatian
- hidrolizirane biljne bjelančevine, hidrolizirane bjelančevine povrća
Which foods contain hydrolysed vegetable protein?
Open Food Facts lists hydrolysed vegetable protein or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 9,854 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.
Products with it, by country of sale: United States 5,896 · France 1,268 · Germany 397 · United Kingdom 384.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where hydrolysed vegetable protein turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is hydrolysed vegetable protein?
Hydrolysed vegetable protein is a kind of plant protein.
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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.
- Open Food Facts: Hydrolysed vegetable protein
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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